Heartburn Summary

Heartburn, by Nora Ephron, is a novel based on six weeks in the life of Rachel Samstat. Rachel is married to Mark Feldman and they have a two-year-old son, with another child on the way. At seven months pregnant, Rachel learns that her husband is in love with another woman. Heartburn is Rachel's narrative of the events that follow this revelation.

Rachel Samstat is stunned to learn that her husband Mark is involved...

Heartburn Study Guide

Nora Ephron Biographies (2)

The daughter of successful Hollywood screenwriters, Nora Ephron (born 1941) herself won acclaim during the 1980s for such screenplays as the Academy Award-nominated Silkwood and the highly successful ...
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Writer, director, and producer Nora Ephron "is arguably one of the most powerful women in Hollywood," according to Noreen Taylor in the London Times. In her dozen screenplays and half-dozen directoria...
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